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Newspaper

La Grande Evening Observer

Location

La Grande, Oregon, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1911

Page

5

Locals For Sale In Joseph Oregon Business and Miscellany

Local items note a Joseph Oregon plumbing and tinning business for sale due to failing health. Also listed are spring styles in nut coal, a marriage at the Methodist parsonage with Rev J D Gillilan. a new express office ready for occupancy with Hibberd arranging move in. Armenian lace available from Mrs A H Gibbs. and other brief notices including residents Alvert Ross Spencer and Calllj May.

Joseph Oregon Houck Noel Duncan Mabel Moxley Methodist J. D. Gillilan Express Hibberd

Ragajp and Blaon Married at Presbyterian Manse

Ragajp of La Grande and Mattie Blaon were married yesterday at the Presbyterian manse with Rev. W B Seemann officiating. John Ware and Mattie Blaon, noted Union supporters, were united in marriage today at the same manse with Rev. W B Seemann officiating.

Ragajp la Grande 8. B. Seemann Mattie EB. Blaon Presbyterian Rev W. B. Seemann

Personal notices from La Grande crowd region guests

George W. Noland arrives from Portland. Ramsey and Weymouth transact business in La Grande. Visitors include Miss Wissler from Pendleton, Mrs. Harris French, Mr. and Mrs. Ram sey departing for Portland, and new arrivals like J. A. St. Johns planning to settle here. Local officials and businessmen visit Savoy and Foley hotels.

George W. Noland Portland Foley Roest Co Ramsey Pandleton A. G. Winer Knosha Wia Isa the Paley Laverne Wissler Pendleton Cecile Lilly Frank EB. Smith Elgin Harris French Wallows Palmer Baker Rebekah N. Starbird la Grande John Daly J. A. St. Johns Rockford Tlinois St. Johns J. W. Bush P. Bement Summerville

McDonald Family Cemetery Stonework Noted

Circuit Judge J W Knowles returned this afternoon from Enterprise where he has presided over the May term of circuit court for about two weeks. The D McDonald family cemetery is described as being made of Haines granite.

D. McDonald Haines J. W. Knowles Enterprise

La Grande Plans Fourth of July Celebration Effort

A mass meeting at the Commercial club in La Grande elected F. J. Holmes chairman and 8. M. Slough secretary to organize a city Fourth of July celebration. Allingan named chief of the finance department to recruit assistants, with reports due next Monday on funds and plans for a continental congress style event, parade, and afternoon amusements. Invitations will go to towns in Eastern Oregon to gather Americans for the day.

la Grande F. J. Holmes M. Slough Continental Congress Allingon Department Oregon

Chief Justice Attacked and Opposition Grows in Assembly

Report notes that some assembly delegates were surprised by the attack and that opposition is forming within the ranks as the day advances. If the resolution passes a strenuous fight by the conservative element is anticipated.

Assembly

Dynamite Suspects Held in County Jail After Union Denial

Two men identified as dynamite suspects were jailed and housed near Ortie McManigal. Connors, previously jailed for dynamiting, faced arrest again after being released for lack of evidence. Park and Connors used aliases to buy tickets and appeared before a grand jury at 10 o'clock. Union leaders denied they were prominent members after a Los Angeles strike committee meeting clarified the claim.

Ortie McManigal Connors Park and Connors Iron Workers’ Union Los Angeles

Eller Piano Company Moves Local Branch

The Eller Piano company moved its local branch headquarters today from the Foley building to the W. W. Berry store room in the Masonic Temple building. The W. W. Berry company will occupy a portion of the same building where it is now located.

Eller Piano Company Foley Building W. W. Berry Masonic Temple W. W. Berry Company

Yeomen to Present Evening Program at K P Hall

Tonight the Yeoman lodge stages a first class program at the K P hall featuring recitations songs addresses and more. Members and friends are warmly invited to attend this cordial entertainment event.

Yeoman Lodge K. P. Hall

Night shift ordered for log work and transport

The article notes a continued order for a night shift to transfer logs and provide more men for felling hauling and sawing activities at various points. It highlights increased labor allocation and coordinated timber operations across multiple sites.

Curious Customs and Quirks of Royal and Imperial Finances

A whimsical tour of ancient state rituals in parliament and royal accounts. A Catherine the Great anecdote reveals a century of rum paid for by a NasLednik's keeper. Bismarck learns of a mysterious sentry in a czarist garden, all ordered by unseen authority.

Empress Catherine Legend Drives Century Old Garden Rule

Archives dug up a tale of an aged official who revealed why a snowdrop plot was guarded. He said Catherine the Great ordered perpetual watch to prevent plucking, a rule kept for over a century as no one questioned the warrant.

Catherine New York Preas

Life expectancy odds from actuaries and Field anecdote

The piece presents life expectancy odds from actuaries with varying ages and survival chances, noting sharp declines after age 70 and little hope after 90. It closes with a Eugene Field anecdote about a New York dinner with Richard Henry Stoddard and a doctor debating breakfast eggs.

Way Goures Sis Cincinnati Commercial Tribune

To Cure a Cold in One Day Patent Medicine Ad

An antique ad promises a one day cure for a cold using laxative chromo quinine tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove signs each box.

E. W. Grove

Buyer seeks modern cottage near center with contact

A buyer offers cash or time for a modern four room cottage between the high school and business center. Inquiries in Wim Miller & Bro. office at 1107 Adams Avenue, contact H Coffin. phone Main 1. 5-23-26.

H. Coffin Wim. Miller & Bro Adams Avenue

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Thelsis the Theatre OF Quality Bert M. Sherwood West Miss Garrick Ferrin Ene Grande Ronde Cash Company A. H. Gibbs Alvert Ross Spencer and Calllj May Barrington Hall Pattison Bros W. E. Steine Wallowa Savoy M. Goff Minam Savoy Hotel W. Beach Huntington Il Grande F. H. Cobb Hudson, Mich Foley Weymouth We Pyley Creamer Filer Piano Company Popular Music Locatmg Berry Store Room K. of P. Hall England Jobo Bull Hbo Kingdom Edward the Confessor House of Lords Commons Paul Naslednik Jamaica Bismarck St Petersburg Old Colony Insurance Company Black & Pratt L Ave Wm. Bay Madison Majestic Range Plano Black N Avenue W. R. Kivalte Reid Snowflake Jas Farquharson Prom Stageberg & Sandborg Hill Bros Wright Drug Co Pure Drug Druggists
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